Chapter 7 Revision Ancient Rome

Question 1

A system of government in which the head of the state is not a monarch

Answer 1

Republic

Question 2

The myth by which ancient Romans explained their origins

Answer 2

Romulus and Remus

Question 3

A powerful North African naval and trading city from the third century

Answer 3

Carthage

Question 4

True of False - the Romans conquered Britain but never Scotland?

Answer 4

True

Question 5

What is a monarch?

Answer 5

A ruler who is from a royal family

Question 6

The name of the plain in Italy where the Romans originated.

Answer 6

Latium

Question 7

All non-patricians of Rome

Answer 7

Plebians

Question 8

Name the Roman King of the Gods whose symbol is a thunderbolt

Answer 8

Jupiter

Question 8

The name of the people that lived to the north of Latium, who controlled Rome before the Romans rebelled

Answer 8

Etruscans

Question 9

Where were the etruscans from?

Answer 9

Etruria, the land to the north of Latium

Question 10

The name of the Carthaginian general who rode an elephant into the battle against the Romans in the 2nd Punic war

Answer 10

Hannibal

Question 10

Goods or property taken from a defeated enemy after battle

Answer 10

Loot

Question 10

Members of aristocratic (important) families that founded the Republic of Rome

Answer 10

Patricians

Question 10

Why did Romans see Christianity as a threat?

Answer 10

Because Christians refused to worship the emperor, only their own God

Question 11

What is an aqueduct?

Answer 11

Structure built to carry water long distances

Question 12

Why were the Romans called Latins?

Answer 12

Thy lived in a plain called Latium

Question 13

List a three differnet countries that used to be a part of the Roman Empire

Answer 13

Can include:
Italy
France
Germany
Britain
Spain
Egypt

Question 14

What contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire?

Answer 14

People were becoming ill and poisoned, thinning down The Roman Empire’s numbers.

Question 15

What was a soldier’s helmet used for?

Answer 15

To protect the head

Question 16

How long was the short sword?

Answer 16

60cm